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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As I started diving into Comptational Creativity, i decided to take a step back into Creativity in general. I chose this book as a starting point.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and In…
Creativity is about capturing those moments that make …
www.goodreads.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Relating to COVID and Hydroxychloroquine. Example of rushed research.

www.iflscience.com/second-most-...
Second Most-Cited Paper To Ever Be Withdrawn Finally Retracted After 4-Year Controversy
The paper had been cited nearly 3,200 times.
www.iflscience.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
I am starting a class and doing research on computational creativity. I will be posting papers that I find interesting every few days or so. To start, here is a paper that I feel serves as a good introduction.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Leaps and Bounds: An Introduction to the Field of Computational Creativity - New Generation Computing
Computers have enhanced productivity and cost-effectiveness in all of the creative industries, and their value as tools is rarely doubted. But can machines serve as more than mere tools, and assume th...
link.springer.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:02 AM
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This is your recurring reminder that you shouldn’t say stuff on public social media that would look really bad if security forces printed it out and knocked on your door to discuss it at midnight.

If you believe, as I do, that we are entering very dangerous times, please start acting accordingly.
December 5, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM